The role of troponins in muscle contraction

IUBMB Life

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 323-333

  Gomes, Aldrin V ^a   Potter, James D ^a   Szczesna Cordary, Danuta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Myopathies; Striated muscle regulation; Troponin isoforms

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; CALCIUM ION; MYOSIN; TROPOMYOSIN; TROPONIN; TROPONIN C; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

ACTIN FILAMENT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CALCIUM BINDING; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEART CONTRACTION; HUMAN; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOPATHY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SARCOMERE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CALCIUM; CHICKENS; EXONS; HUMANS; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DISEASES; MYOSINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RABBITS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TROPONIN; TROPONIN C; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

EID: 0036926568     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15216540216037     Document Type: Review

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